1680: Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet)
1896: Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1908: Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1920: The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia
Source: Onthisday.com
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